Subdelegate

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
Verb
  1. 1
    To delegate (a task already delegated to oneself) to somebody else. transitive

    "To subdelegate a determinate priest to assist at a specified marriage of those subjects of the Military Vicar who have been placed under your personal charge, excluding entirely, however, the power of again subdelegating."

  2. 2
    To appoint as a subdelegate or subordinate. transitive

Example

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"To subdelegate a determinate priest to assist at a specified marriage of those subjects of the Military Vicar who have been placed under your personal charge, excluding entirely, however, the power of again subdelegating."

Etymology

From sub- + delegate.

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